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Foreign Office tech overspend leads to project trimming
News The cost of implementing the revamped FCO Telecommunications Network (FTN) has ballooned from £180m to £240m, while the Future Firecrest project to upgrade its desktop systems worldwide is expected to cost £26m more than the £332m originally... [07 Jul 2008]
AMD chips into business market
News The new line-up of business chips will include AMD Athlon and AMD Phenom processors for desktop machines. The Business Class desktop CPUs unveiled include the quad-core Phenom X4 9600B, the triple-core Phenom X3 9600B, the dual-core Athlon X2 4450B... [29 Apr 2008]
Gov't stung by 'rip-off' outsourcing deals
News The submission refers to a government agency paying 65 per cent above market rate for servers and storage and a major government department paying 20 per cent more for outsourced desktop, servers and infrastructure despite its scale. [04 Apr 2008]
Windows-based cash machines 'easily hacked'
News Up to 90 per cent of the ATMs in the UK could be at risk from these attacks as they rely on desktop PC technology - usually Intel hardware and Windows operating systems - linked to other machines - some connected to the internet - in the bank's... [04 Mar 2008]
Taylor Wimpey signs £30m LogicaCMG outsourcing deal
News LogicaCMG won the contract on the back of its work for George Wimpey over the last six years doing service desk, data centres, desktop services and remote infrastructure management. The UK's largest house builder Taylor Wimpey has outsourced the... [25 Feb 2008]
IT departments told - must get greener
News In particular it is keen to position its Sun Ray thin-client devices as the green alternative to desktop PCs. Morrison added the recent decision by Sainsbury's to move management of its IT systems in-house - after a period where the IT... [29 Nov 2007]
Vista: Users do want it, apparently...
News In last week's profits announcement, Microsoft reported a 25 per cent increase in revenue from the unit that sells Windows for laptop and desktop PCs. Mike Nash, vice president of Windows product management, said: "They wouldn't be signing these... [30 Oct 2007]
Adobe buys web word processor
News In other Max announcements, Adobe plans to release the beta version of its desktop video viewer, Adobe Media Player, which is now being used by CBS, PBS and Yahoo! Adobe Systems has officially entered the "web office" game. [01 Oct 2007]
Reuters inks £20m IT support deal
News That contract covers Reuters' core IT internal services, including email and desktop, and consolidates a number of existing deals. The four-year contract went live last month and covers a range of IT infrastructure support services, including... [04 Sep 2007]
Reuters inks £500m outsourcing deal
News The contract covers Reuters' core IT internal services, including email and desktop, and consolidates a number of existing deals. Fujitsu will also be responsible for the management of some of Reuters' other outsourcing suppliers, such as Satyam. [16 Aug 2007]
Citrix snaffles XenSource for half a billion dollars
News Citrix makes so-called thin client software that delivers business applications from servers to desktop computers. By acquiring XenSource, the company intends to move into the adjacent server and desktop virtualisation market. [16 Aug 2007]
Vista: Businesses rethinking quick switch
News While Linux has made considerable inroads in the server world and Apple has been able to substantially boost its market share in the consumer market, the corporate desktop remains solidly in Microsoft's domain. [16 Aug 2007]
Hotel business unifies service management
News The hotelier is now integrating its LANdesk desktop management system with an ITIL compliant offering from service management specialist Touchpaper, which allows system incidents to be monitored centrally and work apportioned from a central hub. [09 Aug 2007]
Five virtual world security worries for business
News According to the analyst, the IT risks of virtual worlds deal with the applications needed to run virtual worlds being downloaded to desktop systems. Companies need to think about security and risk management before they get too excited about... [09 Aug 2007]
CIO Essentials: Vista, BBC iPlayer, BlackBerrys and spam
News The BBC seems to be struggling with the issue of Microsoft's dominance of the consumer desktop. A simple means of identifying systems legitimately delivering email was proposed by Spamhaus over three years ago. [24 Jul 2007]
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